How To Create A Graphical Application
Posted by: Luke in software, tags: exe file, google, google search, graphical applications, graphical user interface, images windows, languages, linux, lua, mac os x, os x, productivity, python, shell, simplest thing, tcl tk, text documents, two ways, vroom, windowing systemDesigning graphical applications can be tricky. When a program uses more than text — has images, windows, buttons, etc. — it has a Graphical User Interface. The Message Flasher I wrote recently is an example, yet it has the advantage of being written in TCL/TK. This makes it a breeze to write and understand, relatively speaking.
TCL/TK is a combination of TCL (a simple-to-learn scripting language) and TK (an extension that lets you access the windowing system and do graphical stuff). TK can be used in other languages too. Python, Perl, Lua, and C++ all have versions of TK available for them. To edit text documents, I like to use an editor named vroom that is written in Python’s version of TK, known as Tkinter.
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